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Being provoked by the expensive Atmos-set on eBay which includes Oric modem,
I decide to implement the "poor man's" alternative - to add ACIA support to Oricutron -
just to see how it would be if I owned it... and it worked!

I found only Atcomms/Oricomms as communication related software for Oric. Unfortunately it's only info from 2003 and no actual files for download. Probably this software is lost forever.

Anyway, here is more info about what is done in Oricutron.
From emulated machine's point of view ACIA is emulated at #31C. This is the standard address for Telestrat and can be used for Oric and Atmos too without conflict with Microdisk and Jasmin.

'com' back-end can be used for experiments with TCP/IP stacks (like BIP or the one from Contiki).

'modem' back-end emulates small subset of AT commands making easy to connect to any host on LAN or Internet!!!
Simply type in the terminal program: atd xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx[:port] and you are 'telneted' to the this IP.
Or: atd telehack:23 and you are connected to the telehack.
You can connect to any public telnet server on Internet. Here you can find many still available BBS's.
The biggest problem is Oric's 40-column mode, but this is the reality...

So, I think this feature of Oricutron will allow development of new software for Oric - everything that requires connectivity - including MMORPG .

@Dbug: Actually Vagelis Blathras terminal program support 80-columns but the user must switch between left/right 40-columns with FN+S (which means Atmos should be selected for emulation). Hm, having 60-cols is good idea! .

@barnsey123: What about 'The Return of Viking Chess (Hnefatafl)' adapted for p2p . So I'll have chances to win - playing vs computer is to hard for me .

I committed ACIA support to svn.
You can check Readme.txt, oricutron.cfg and modified source files for more info about the ACIA emulation.
ACIA emulation works for Windows and Linux. I think OSX support can be added easily.
I'm ready to respond to questions, comments and suggestions. Of course critics are welcome too!

Here is quick start guide how to play 'Tea For Two' - left hand vs. right hand .
First things first: download TAP file (and sources):

The 'caller' has the first turn. Use arrows+ENTER to make selection, than arrows+ENTER on empty field.
You got it... Switch to 'server' and make your move, than back to 'client' ... - fun isn't it? Who will win?

Thanks to:Xeron for Oricutron.
Dbug for OSDK.
Fabrice Francès for Tea For Two (with sources - now fixed for recent OSDK).

Have started to build an online version of hnefatafl based on Fabrices routines from teaForTwo. There's a few complications but hopefully should have something to show in the next week or two (time allowing).